Congressional activity on DADT

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 7:54am

NY Senator Kirstin Gillibrand has scheduled hearings for the Senate Armed Services committee, and a Pennsylvania congressman is working on a repeal bill.
DADT activity

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:31am

That's our senator!

[Roscoe]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 12:47pm

Good news at last. We'll see how well it goes. I'm thinking they'll go ahead and repeal DADT so they can say they're not homophobic when they decide not to repeal DOMA.

After all, they'd rather see us dead than married anyway.

[Q]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 6:51pm

"A new USA Today/Gallup poll showing 69% of Americans want the military gay ban lifted was discussed on MSNBC today. Arthur Delaney of The Huffington Post and Philip Klein, Washington Correspondent for the American Spectator discussed why the Obama administration has put it off.

And today, a new report from The Palm Center explains how the legislative process to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has stalled and reiterates the importance of a two-pronged approach to ending the ban, first by executive order, then by legislative repeal. Here's the summary:

Throughout the winter and spring of 2009, attempts to repeal ?don?t ask, don?t tell? remained stalled. Although candidate Obama had suggested that efforts to repeal the ban would begin when he became President, rhetoric shifted immediately after the inauguration as the White House spoke of the need to delay repeal initiatives, and then began to use conditional language about whether, not when, the administration would focus on repeal. Major gay rights groups who had taken candidate Obama at his word became increasingly frustrated at the lack of action; senior Congressional spokespersons confirmed that consideration of repeal was not imminent; and media coverage of the issue softened."
Towleroad link.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 9:19pm

Okay... that was weird. Nothing to see here. Keep moving!

Updated On: 7/28/09 at 09:19 PM